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Just before the outbreak of war, from Philadelphia...
Just before the outbreak of war, from Philadelphia...
Item # 706112
April 11, 1774
DUNLAP'S PENNSYLVANIA PACKET OR THE GENERAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, April 11, 1774
* Great colonial era masthead engraving - John Dunlap
* American Revolutionary War upon the horizon
This title had one of the more ornate masthead of the pre-Revolutionary War era. And this issue was printed shortly before the outbreak of war, with content reflecting the brewing troubles between England and the American colonies.
Included as well is a single sheet "Postscript" of the same date, mostly filled with advertisements.
Six pages in total, 13 by 19 1/4 inches, minimal margin wear, nice condition.
AI notes: Dunlap’s Pennsylvania Packet, or the General Advertiser was a weekly newspaper printed in Philadelphia by John Dunlap — one of the most important colonial American printers — during the early 1770s, with issues from 1774 being particularly prized by collectors; published in that year as part of the Philadelphia run from 1773–1777, it featured the distinctive typography and elaborate masthead engraving typical of the period, offered news and commentary from the volatile years leading up to the American Revolution, and is considered historically significant because this title later evolved into the first successful daily newspaper in the United States and is preserved in major collections like those of the Library of Congress and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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